Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

The hearthas arguments with which the logic of mind is not acquainted.

Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government

Takeyour life into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

Teaching may contribute to certain kinds of learning under certain circumstances.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

A teacher as a person is more important than a teacher as a technician. What he is has more effect than anything he does.

Some People strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are.

A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledgeincreases strength.

A mistake in judgement isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgement is.

Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.